Fly-paper holder.



' E. B. WHITE.

FLY PAPER HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13, 913.

1,066,351. Patented July 1, 1913.

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EDWARD E. WHITE, OF BRIGHTON, IOWA.

FLY-PAPER HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 13, 1913.

Patented July 1, 1913.

Serial No. 748,256.

useful Fly-Paper Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for holding fly paper.

The object is to provide a device of simple construction which may bereadily applied to a sheet of the ordinary adhesive paper commonly usedfor the capture of flies, alfording a convenient means for handling thepaper without soiling the hands or other objects with which the papermight come into contact.

Another object is to provide a device which will cause the sticky oradhesive side of the paper to be supported clear of the table or otherobject at all times, and particularly in the event of the paper beingupset accidentally or blown over by the wind.

Still another object is to maintain the sheet of fly paper in a flatstretched condition when the device is applied, thus preventing thepaper from folding over upon itself and causing much annoyance.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,size and proportion may be resorted to without departing from the spiritor sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing in whiclp like reference charactersdesignate corre sponding parts in each of the several ures:-Figure 1 isa perspective view of the device, shown applied to a sheet of adhesivefly paper. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the same. Fig. 3is a cross sectional view thereof, shown inverted, and illustrating themeans for preventing the fly paper from adhering to the table or othersupport.

The improved device consists of two strands of comparatively heavy wireof appropriate length, twisted about each other intermediate of theirends for an appropriate distance to form a handle'portion 1, which is ofsuflicient size to be readily grasped by the hand. Beyond the handleportion, the two strands diverge at each end, and the arms 2 and 3 ofthe said wire strands or members are bent downwardly-at a slight angleand directed outwardly to approach the corners of a rectangular sheet ofordinary fly paper 4, the upper side 5 of which is provided with theusual coating of adhesive material covering the major por tion of itssurface and leaving a marginal border free of such adhesive material.The arms 2 and 3 of the strands or members have their terminals bent orturned inwardly upon themselves toward a central point, as

The return bends 6 thus provide shoulders 8 which prevent the corners ofthe fly paper from creeping up the arms 2 and 3, with the result thatthe paper is caused to remain in a taut condition due to the tendency ofthe said arms to exert a pressure outward from a central point, and in adiagonal direction. It will also be seen that, by reason of the factthat the handle portion 1 is raised above the surface of the fly paper,the device will support the said paper in an elevated posi tion, asillustrated in Fig. 3, in the event of the device being inverted throughaccident or the action of the wind, and that, at all times, there is nodanger of the sticky surface of the paper coming into contact with thetable or other support or with the hands of the user.

In applying the device, it is only necessary to grasp the two arms 2 and3, adjacent one end of the sheet of fly paper and introduce thesharpened points 7 of the said arms through the fiy paper near thecorners of the margin thereof, and then to repeat the operation at theother end of the sheet of paper, when the resiliency of the hooked endsof the arms will tend to maintain the fly paper in a flat condition.

What is claimed is 1. A device for holding fly paper, consisting of anelevated handle portion, d0wnwardly inclined arms diverging outwardlyfrom the terminal portions of said handle. shoulders formed near theextremities of said arms, and paper piercing points provided at theterminals thereof.

2. A device for holding fly paper, comprising a handle portionconsisting of wires twisted about each other, arms formed by extendingthe terminal portions of the Wires outwardly and downwardly in adiagonal direction from the ends of the handle portion, integralshoulders formed adjacent the lower outer ends of the arms by bendingthe wire back upon itself, and paper piercing points formed on theterminals beyond the said shoulders.

3. A device for holding a sheet of fly paper comprising a handle, aseries of diverging spaced arms extending fiom the handle, and pointsprovided on the ends of the arms for piercing the sheet of paper, thearrangement of the arms being such that the points are adapted to engagethe sheet at the respective corners.

4. A device for holding fly paper comprising a handle, a series ofdiverging arms projecting from the handle, said arms being arranged inpairs at each end of the handle,

points provided on the extremities of the arms for engaging the paper,the arrange ment of the arms being such that the points are adapted toengage the paper at the respective corners, and shoulders formed on thearms in rear of the points to prevent the paper from sliding up on thearms.

5. A. device for holding a sheet of fly paper comprising a handle,resilient arms projecting from each end of the handle and arranged inpairs, points provided on the ends of the arms for engaging the paper atthe corners, said arms being outwardly diverging and downwardly inclinedso as to elevate the handle away from the paper.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoafliXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWVARD E. WHITE. Vitnesses J. A. LEMLEY, Jos. ENGEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five oents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I), C.

